Hugh Zachary

Hugh Zachary (January 12, 1928 – September 5, 2016) was an American novelist who has written science fiction novels under the pseudonyms Zach Hughes and Evan Innes (the latter for the America 2040 series). His other pseudonyms include Peter Kanto and Pablo Kane. He described himself as "the most published, underpaid, and most unknown writer in the U.S."
Some of his novels appear to be set in a shared universe, one where Earth experiences a nuclear apocalypse shortly after launching a colonization fleet to settle new worlds among the stars.
Biography
Zachary was born in Holdenville, Oklahoma on January 12, 1928. He received his education from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He served in the U.S. Army and worked in broadcast journalism in Florida. Zachary started writing as a full-time occupation along with his wife Elizabeth in 1963.
Works
One Day In Hell (1961, Hugh Zachary) Novel Books
A Feast Of Fat Things (1968) Harris-Wolfe
Second Chance (1976) Major Books
Desert Battle (1983) Dell
Bitter Victory (1983) Dell
The Venus Venture (1986, Hugh Zachary) Vanguard (Crime / Mystery genre)
Science fiction
Near all of Hugh Zachary's science fiction stories were written under the pseudonym Zach Hughes. The exceptions have the name used listed after the publication date. For example, The World where Sex was Born was written using the pseudonym, Peter Kanto.
The World where Sex was Born (1968, Peter Kanto) Ophelia Press OPH-123
Rosy Cheeks (1969, Peter Kanto) Bee-Line
A Dick for All Seasons (1970, Pablo Kane) Ophelia Press OPH-206
Gwen, in Green (1974, Hugh Zachary) Fawcett Gold Medal M2982
Seed of the Gods (1974) Berkley Medallion
Tide (1974) Berkley/Putnam
The Stork Factor (1975) Berkley Medallion
The St. Francis Effect (1976) Berkley Medallion
For Texas and Zed (1976) Popular Library
Tiger in the Stars (1976) Laser Books
Pressure Man (1980) Signet / New American Library
Sundrinker (1987) DAW Books
Life Force (1988) DAW Books
The Revenant (1988, Hugh Zachary) Onyx / New American Library
Thunderworld science fiction series
The Book of Rack the Healer (1973, Zach Hughes) Award Books AN1149
The Legend of Miaree (1974) Ballantine Books
Killbird (1980) Signet / New American Library
Thunderworld (1982, Zach Hughes) Signet / New American Library
Gold Star (1983) Signet / New American Library
Closed System (1986) Signet / New American Library
The Dark Side (1987) Signet / New American Library
Mother Lode (1991) DAW Books
Deep Freeze (1992) DAW Books
The Omnificence Factor (1994) DAW Books
NOTE: The Thunderworld series shares a common history, stellar cartography, and sometimes characters.
America 2040 science fiction series
The America 2040 series was written using the pseudonym Evan Innes.
America 2040 (1986) Bantam Books
The Golden World (1986) Bantam Books
The City in the Mist (1987) Bantam Books
The Return (1988) Bantam Books
The Star Explorer (1988) Bantam Books
Westerns
Dos Caballos (1989, Hugh Zachary) M. Evans
Sheriff Jugg Watson western series
Bloodrush (1981, Hugh Zachary) Leisure – A string of killings in Earlysberg, a quiet Southern town, seem to suggest ritual voodoo and black magic.
Murder In White (1981, Hugh Zachary) Leisure
Tusk Smith western series
To Guard the Right (1981, Hugh Zachary) Worldwide Library (Raven House)
Top Level Death (1981, Hugh Zachary) Worldwide Library (Raven House)
The Sierra Leone romance/western series
Flight To Freedom (1981, Hugh Zachary) Dell
Freedom's Passion (1981, Hugh Zachary) Dell
Treasure of Hope (1982, Hugh Zachary) Dell
Freedom's Victory (1982, Hugh Zachary) Dell
Romance novels
Love and Battle (1980, Hugh & Elizabeth Zachary) Ballantine
Nonfiction
The Beachcomber's Handbook of Seafood Cookery (1969, Hugh Zachary) John F. Blair
Wild Card Poker (1976, Hugh Zachary) Stephen Green Press
References
External links
Fantastic Fiction Home
Interview with Hugh and Elizabeth Zachary, March 27, 1998, transcription of an oral history interview from UNCW Archives and Special Collections Online Database
1928 births
2016 deaths
20th-century American novelists
American male novelists
American science fiction writers
20th-century American male writers